> What did govt do exactly to prevent, Who said government is the solution to every single problem? I implied too much government intervention was also bad in

> What did govt do exactly to prevent, Who said government is the solution to every single problem? I implied too much government intervention was also bad in my original post. I do think the phone call situation in US prisons are exploitative and I hope it does get addressed. Jail/prisons being the responsibility of the government, economic arguments don't apply and they shouldn't exploit prisoners (I'm also not a fan of the "slavery" exemption for prisoners). Just because a captive market exists, doesn't mean it's bad and it has to exploit them...capitalism just tends to push it in that direction. Teddy Roosevelt, who started the "trust busting" didn't have a problem with monopolies, only the monopolies that exploited their position. That still applies to today's anti-trust laws. > If their currency was so great, why would it need force to make it mandatory ? Because too many people cause shenanigans when they don't? I'm kind of surprised you were cool with a single legal system, but not with currencies. > I didn't say that. You said, "every government action steals resources from someone and prevents them to do it on their own." Maybe I should have been explicit and said "free market" but I figured it was implied. How is "every action steals resources" not oppressing the free market you describe?